Former captain Sarfaraz Ahmed was amongst 11 gamers and officers who have been denied permission on Sunday to board business flights to Abu Dhabi, which is able to host the remaining video games of the Pakistan Super League subsequent month.
The Pakistan Cricket Board is dealing with logistical points together with acquiring visas and permission for constitution flights from Mumbai and Johannesburg forward of the PSL resuming in Abu Dhabi after being postponed in March this yr.
“11 players and officials, including Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed, were not allowed to board commercial flights from Lahore and Karachi to Abu Dhabi via Doha on Sunday morning, including Quetta Gladiators captain Sarfaraz Ahmed,” ESPNcricinfo reported.
“Five people of this PSL team were cleared to fly, while others had to return to their hotels, where they have been in quarantine since May 24.”
According to the report, “… a batch of greater than 25 individuals from each cities have been to journey to the United Arab Emirates by chartered aircraft.
“But the PCB, in a late decision, opted to keep them on commercial flights, which already ended the quarantine protocol.”
On Thursday, two constitution flights carrying about 250 gamers, officers, PCB workers and official broadcasters and their workers took off from Karachi and Lahore to Abu Dhabi.
The board additionally obtained permission from UAE officers to take off its constitution flights from Mumbai and Johannesburg carrying broadcast crew members, gamers and officers.
The PCB had confronted delays in getting visas for Indian and South African broadcasting crew members, which have been resolved on Thursday.
But in accordance with the report, “… there are many individuals, including franchise support staff, who are yet to get a UAE visa.”
The league is probably scheduled from June 5, however the board is but to give you fixtures. The window of internet hosting the occasion is small as Pakistan must depart for England on 22 June for the restricted overs sequence.
PSL 6 was postponed to Karachi in early March as a consequence of rising COVID-19 instances between gamers and officers, at which era solely 14 matches have been accomplished.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
